We finally made it to Lilly's grave earlier this week and gave her her Lilly-colored Christmas tree. It will need a fresh coat of white spray paint for next year:
On the way we saw Tow Mater (
Cars movie) parked by some huge chickens!
The next day, after a most satisfying meal at
Gingerbread Bakery (in Belhaven, NC) we saw that a storefront across the road that had a sign "Toy Trains of Belhaven" and decided to check it out:
Then we walked in to 300 square feet of wonderful trains! Wow!!!!!
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| the man in the plaid shirt was running the train display - he knew so much about trains |
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| Tabby doing the "required" hand signs required of today's teenagers posing for pictures |
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| I really liked the wind-up trains from the 1930s |
After we watched the trains a long time, Solomon was ready to go outside, so we left Frank and Hunter inside. Tabby borrowed my camera and took a bunch of pictures. Here are a few:
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| "I gotta secret, Mama!" |
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| "This is MY mirror!" (this dog reminded us of our dog Dixie that died almost a year ago) |
I told Tabby she needs to get back to doing portraits of people:
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| Hunter with his mind full of fascinating toy train studying |
"Curiosity is natural to the soul of man and interesting objects have a powerful influence on our affections." - Daniel Boone
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